John H. Gerstner was a Professor of Church History

History of Christianity

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 at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

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 and Knox Theological Seminary

Knox Theological Seminary

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 and an authority on the life and theology

Theology

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 of Jonathan Edwards.

He earned both a Master of Divinity of degree and a Master of Theology degree from Westminster Theological Seminary

Westminster Theological Seminary

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. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1945. He was originally ordained in the United Presbyterian Church of North America

United Presbyterian Church of North America

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, then (due to church unions) with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

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 and the Presbyterian Church (USA)

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. In 1990, he left the PCUSA for the Presbyterian Church in America

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Gerstner counted among his students, noted author and preacher, R. C. Sproul

R. C. Sproul

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, founder of Ligonier Ministries

Ligonier Ministries

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, Dr. Arthur Lindsley, Senior Fellow at the C.S. Lewis Institute

C.S. Lewis Institute

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, and Dr. Walter (Wynn) Kenyon, Professor of Biblical Studies and Philosophy; Chair of the Philosophy Department and Division of Ministry and Human Services at Belhaven University.

In addition to the books Gerstner had written, he also recorded several lengthy audio courses giving a survey of theology, church history, and Christian apologetics

Christian apologetics

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, which are distributed through Ligonier Ministries

Ligonier Ministries

Ligonier Ministries is a Reformed international Christian organization headquartered in the greater Orlando, Florida area. Founded by R. C. Sproul in the Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh over forty years ago, Ligonier's stated purpose is "to awaken as many people as possible to...

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Books

• Repent or Perish: The Conservative Attack on Hell
• Reasons for Faith
• Reasons for Duty
• The Early Writings of John H. Gerstner (2 volume set)
• Theology in Dialogue
• Primitive Theology
• Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth
• The ABC's of Assurance
• Jonathan Edwards: Evangelist (ISBN 1-57358-006-6)
• Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology (ISBN 1-57358-052-X)
• Jonathan Edwards on Heaven and Hell (ISBN 1-57358-088-0)
• The Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards

External links

• John Gerstner sermons/lectures at Aisquith Presbyterian Church http://www.aisquith.org/audio-sermons/?preacher=17